The 5th Ohsweken Speedway feature win of Dain Naida’s career came in dramatic fashion. Naida traded the lead several times with young upstart Dane Lorenc, then held off a last-corner charge from Glenn Styres to win by just 0.095 seconds. The first 18 laps were completed under green flag conditions before Dave Dykstra’s stopped car brought out the race’s only caution flag and set up a 2 lap dash to the finish. Styres restarted 3rd behind Naida and Lorenc, and quickly moved into 2nd, but Naida staved off Styres’ slide job in turn 4 and took the win. Styres settled for 2nd, followed by Lorenc, 13th starter Jim Huppunen, and Keith Dempster. Styres added to his championship points lead, and is now ahead of Mitch Brown by 42.

A grinding crash in the first turn on the first lap took Ed Green, Mark Czuba, and Aaron Turkey out of the race, while Jake Brown dropped out of the race at the same time with mechanical problems. All 3 drivers involved in the crash were able to exit their heavily-damaged cars uninjured. Kyle Durnin led the first lap when the race restarted, but Dylan Westbrook took over on lap 2 and went on to take the win, and set a new 15 lap track record in the process. Durnin settled for the runner-up spot, while Ryan Hunsinger drove from 11th to 3rd, Mike Thorne finished 4th, and Tyler Hendricks rounded out the top 5. Jake Brown also set a new 6 lap track record on his way to a heat race win. Turkey’s troubles hurt his championship chances, as Hunsinger now leads the standings by 45 points.

Jamie Hycza led the first lap, but 8th starter Ryan Dinning led the rest of the Thunder Stock feature on his way to his first win of the season, and a new 20 lap track record. Wyatt Van Wart recovered from mechanical problems last week to drive from 12th to 2nd behind Dinning, with Dave Bailey finishing 3rd, Trevor DeBoer a career-best 4th, and championship points leader Dave Silverthorn, Jr. in 5th. Van Wart took 7 points out of Silverthorn’s lead, and is now just 10 behind with 3 points-paying races left in the season.

The annual Art Hill Memorial 42 lap event for the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks was unpredictable and wild at times, but familiar faces were on the podium at the end of the prestigious event. Championship contenders Tyler Lafantaisie and Mark Bazuin eventually got to the front of the pack, with Jason Lungaro also nearby to make it 3 wide for the lead. Bazuin prevailed for the $1,000 win, with Lafantaisie settling for 2nd, followed by 26th starter Jon Janssens, Lungaro, and Brandon Janssens. Bazuin cut a few points out of Lafantaisie’s championship lead, but he’s still 65 points behind with 3 points-paying races left.

A first-time winner went to victory lane for the 2nd week in a row after the Bomber feature, as Clinton Nicholls took the checkered flag. Championship leader Dusty DeBoer took the runner-up spot, while Joe DeBoer finished 3rd, Paul Longboat drove from 12th to 4th, and Wayde Thorne took another top 5 finish. Dusty now has a 45 point lead over Joe with 3 weeks left in the season.

TICKETS PLEASE!
Advanced reserved seat tickets are now on sale for the 10th annual Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals weekend on Friday, September 12, and Saturday, September 13. Please visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com for more information, or contact Mary Wilkinson, Director of Customer Relations, by phone at 519 717-0023, or by e-mail at mary@ohswekenspeedway.com

THURSDAY NIGHT MICRO SPRINT RACING AT OHSWEKEN
Thursday Night Micro Sprint Racing takes place on the Warm Up Track in the Ohsweken Speedway pit area each week from July 3rd to September 13th, and spectator admission is just $5! Visit www.OhswekenSpeedway.com for more information.

ABOUT OHSWEKEN SPEEDWAY: Founded in 1996, Ohsweken Speedway is a motorsports complex which includes a 3/8 (0.375) mile clay oval track. The facility is owned by the Styres family, and located in the village of Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada. Ohsweken’s weekly Friday night racing program runs from May to September each year, featuring 360 Sprint Cars, Crate Sprint Cars, Thunder Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Bombers, while the season finishes each year with the annual Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Ohsweken Speedway also hosts weekly Micro Sprint racing on Thursday nights, and has been a yearly stop on the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series schedule since 2007. Visit the official Ohsweken Speedway website at www.OhswekenSpeedway.com, like us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/OHSWEKENSPEEDWAY, follow us on Twitter @OhswekenSpdway, and subscribe to our YouTube channel at www.YouTube.com/user/OhswekenSpdway Ohsweken Speedway thanks the following sponsors for their support: Arrow Express, Corr/Pak Merchandising Inc., Renway Energy, O’Neil’s Farm Equipment, McDonald’s Restaurants of Paris & Brantford, Nathan Ackland State Farm Insurance, Strickland’s GMC, Mobil 1, Burger Barn, Affordable Towing & Recovery, HRW Automotive, and Gale’s Auto Aftermarket.